In terms of the overall market, it isn't just a big 3 problem . .

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11028427

I say no to the bailout.

 

The unions have the biggest thing to do with it. Don't get me wrong - if I had the chance to get a nice cushy union job at a car manufacturer for $30+ per hour and incredible benefits, I'd dive on it in a heartbeat.

 

I have contributed to the problem, when I delivered machinery from Detroit to Laredo. Have heard that if they wanted to bring machinery from mexico to the USA, mexico would not let them...

Someone told Bozo on the radio, that the 'big 3' employ more people in mexico, than in the USA.

Why don't they ask mexico, for a hand out?

 

I've always believed in buying American when it comes to 4 wheelers. (and most other things)

Sure, most of our newer domestic cars have foreign parts in them, even the engines in some cases. I still feel that buying an American product benefits our country in the long run. I've never owned an import vehicle, never will.

If the big 3 go down, it will have major effects on our economy, and the world economy as well. Things will be worse than what they are now. I'm on the fence as to whether the government should help them out, but I think its in our best interest to help them out during this tough time. I wouldn't mind my taxes going up a little to help out.

I know, their unions and their wages are out of this world, but we need to stay competetive in the auto market.

 

And, again, what's gonna happen 3 months down the road when the economy is still in the crapper and the consumers still aren't buying new cars? Another bail-out? Why not just transfer the payroll department of the "big 3" to the US treasury?

 

I am not so sure that people want to see any American company go under. I think it is more to do with using taxpayer money to keep afloat companies that have for decades been mismanaged due in no small part to simple greed.

Give me a break here. These execs all flew private company jets to DC in order to ask for a handout. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get there. Why couldn't they have drove a fuel efficient car, or flew coach, or at the very least traveled together in one private plane instead of going separately? Nothing like driving up to the welfare office in a brand new Rolls Royce wearing a new custom Brioni suit to apply for food stamps. :roll:

 

The profits may go to an American company but those American company's are not creating jobs for Americans. The big 3 are creating jobs for other country's and not for the US.

Honda built a new plant in Indiana, Toyota is building a new plant in Mississippi and Hyundai is building a plant in Alabama. Were are the new jobs that the big 3 have created here in the US.

 

The very best car I ever owned was a Pontiac. The most reliable have been Ford. BUT!!!!!

That Pontiac was a 1956. Those reliable Fords were 1979 and earlier. Easily repaired without the aid of a computer. Today, their electronics is no more reliable than anyone else's. Today, you can be going down the road and suddenly, your engine dies. Nothing wrong with the engine or wiring, but one of the SENSORS took a crap. Plugs for electrical connections are being made far more inferior, and the "design for minimum" creates problems of it's own by eliminating the "SAFETY FACTOR" formally built into the equipment and components.

Not many of the "INNOVATIONS" are real advantages.

 

I'm not an idiot, but what would happen if the government didn't bail them out?